Published 16:47 IST, May 2nd 2020

'Lockdown 3.0 a preliminary test that our nation shall pass,' says VP Venkaiah Naidu

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu lauded the country for fighting this battle against the COVID-19 virus with 'commonality of vision, intent, and determination.'

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After Centre anunced its decision to extend lockdown for a period of two more weeks, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday lauded country for fighting this battle against COVID-19 virus with a 'commonality of vision, intent, and determination.'

In his Facebook post, Venkaiah Naidu called lockdown 3.0 "a preliminary test" that nation shall pass. "We have so far successfully adopted our version of COVID as a tool...Commonality of Vision, Intent and Determination to fight COVID disease and need to persist with it," he said.

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' option to fail'

"Lockdown 3.0 is a preliminary test that our nation shall pass as we don't have option to fail. way all stakeholders conduct mselves during se 2 weeks will decide furr course of action against coronavirus," he said.

Naidu stressed under lockdown 3.0, initiative and responsibility of fighting COVID-19 is more in hands of or stakeholders than with Central government. Emphasizing that all need to behave well so as t to lose gains of first two lockdowns while seeking to kickstart ecomic activities, he appealed to everyone to rise to occasion and decide time frame to return to"pre corona rmalcy."

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Lockdown extended by 2 weeks

In a massive development, Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday, issued a tification extending nationwide lockdown by 2 weeks from May 4. tification states considerable relaxations in districts falling in green and orange zones allowed by MHA, will continue to remain in place.

Currently, India has 37336 cases with 1218 deaths. MHA has also allowed movement of migrant workers, tourists, students and or persons stranded at different places, by special trains. MHA also reiterated that activities like plying of cycle rickshaws & auto-rickshaws, taxis & cab aggregators, intra-district & inter-district plying of buses and barber shops, spas and salons will remain prohibited in red zones outside containment zones.